NAME

       stg-mail - Send a patch or series of patches by e-mail

SYNOPSIS

       stg mail  [options] [--] [<patch1>] [<patch2>] [<patch3>..<patch4>]

DESCRIPTION

       Send a patch or a range of patches by e-mail using the SMTP server specified by the
       stgit.smtpserver configuration option, or the --smtp-server command line option. This
       option can also be an absolute path to sendmail followed by command line arguments.

       The From address and the e-mail format are generated from the template file passed as
       argument to --template (defaulting to .git/patchmail.tmpl or
       ~/.stgit/templates/patchmail.tmpl or /usr/share/stgit/templates/patchmail.tmpl). A patch
       can be sent as attachment using the --attach option in which case the mailattch.tmpl
       template will be used instead of patchmail.tmpl.

       The To/Cc/Bcc addresses can either be added to the template file or passed via the
       corresponding command line options. They can be e-mail addresses or aliases which are
       automatically expanded to the values stored in the [mail "alias"] section of GIT
       configuration files.

       A preamble e-mail can be sent using the --cover and/or --edit-cover options. The first
       allows the user to specify a file to be used as a template. The latter option will invoke
       the editor on the specified file (defaulting to .git/covermail.tmpl or
       ~/.stgit/templates/covermail.tmpl or /usr/share/stgit/templates/covermail.tmpl).

       All the subsequent e-mails appear as replies to the first e-mail sent (either the preamble
       or the first patch). E-mails can be seen as replies to a different e-mail by using the
       --in-reply-to option.

       SMTP authentication is also possible with --smtp-user and --smtp-password options, also
       available as configuration settings: smtpuser and smtppassword. TLS encryption can be
       enabled by --smtp-tls option and smtptls setting.

       The following variables are accepted by both the preamble and the patch e-mail templates:

           %(diffstat)s     - diff statistics
           %(number)s       - empty if only one patch is sent or 'patchnr/totalnr'
           %(snumber)s      - stripped version of '%(number)s'
           %(nspace)s       - ' ' if %(number)s is non-empty, otherwise empty string
           %(patchnr)s      - patch number
           %(sender)s       - 'sender'  or 'authname <authemail>' as per the config file
           %(totalnr)s      - total number of patches to be sent
           %(version)s      - 'version' string passed on the command line (or empty)
           %(vspace)s       - ' ' if %(version)s is non-empty, otherwise empty string

       In addition to the common variables, the preamble e-mail template accepts the following:

           %(shortlog)s     - first line of each patch description, listed by author

       In addition to the common variables, the patch e-mail template accepts the following:

           %(authdate)s     - patch creation date
           %(authemail)s    - author's email
           %(authname)s     - author's name
           %(commemail)s    - committer's e-mail
           %(commname)s     - committer's name
           %(diff)s         - unified diff of the patch
           %(fromauth)s     - 'From: author\n\n' if different from sender
           %(longdescr)s    - the rest of the patch description, after the first line
           %(patch)s        - patch name
           %(prefix)s       - 'prefix' string passed on the command line
           %(pspace)s       - ' ' if %(prefix)s is non-empty, otherwise empty string
           %(shortdescr)s   - the first line of the patch description

OPTIONS

       -a, --all
           E-mail all the applied patches.

       --to TO
           Add TO to the To: list.

       --cc CC
           Add CC to the Cc: list.

       --bcc BCC
           Add BCC to the Bcc: list.

       --auto
           Automatically cc the patch signers.

       --no-thread
           Do not send subsequent messages as replies.

       --unrelated
           Send patches without sequence numbering.

       --attach
           Send a patch as attachment.

       --attach-inline
           Send a patch inline and as an attachment.

       -v VERSION, --version VERSION
           Add VERSION to the [PATCH ...] prefix.

       --prefix PREFIX
           Add PREFIX to the [... PATCH ...] prefix.

       -t FILE, --template FILE
           Use FILE as the message template.

       -c FILE, --cover FILE
           Send FILE as the cover message.

       -e, --edit-cover
           Edit the cover message before sending.

       -E, --edit-patches
           Edit each patch before sending.

       -s SECONDS, --sleep SECONDS
           Sleep for SECONDS between e-mails sending.

       --in-reply-to REFID
           Use REFID as the reference id.

       --smtp-server HOST[:PORT] or "/path/to/sendmail -t -i"
           SMTP server or command to use for sending mail.

       -u USER, --smtp-user USER
           Username for SMTP authentication.

       -p PASSWORD, --smtp-password PASSWORD
           Password for SMTP authentication.

       -T, --smtp-tls
           Use SMTP with TLS encryption.

       -b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH
           Use BRANCH instead of the default branch.

       -m, --mbox
           Generate an mbox file instead of sending.

       --git
           Use git send-email (EXPERIMENTAL).

       -O OPTIONS, --diff-opts OPTIONS
           Extra options to pass to "git diff".

STGIT

       Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)